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Platostoma rotundifolium is a species of jellywort native to much of sub-Saharan Africa.
Platostoma rotundifolium is widespread in tropical Africa, where it grows in grassland (especially where prone to flooding), alongside streams, and in other marshy places. It has been recorded in Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, the Republic of the Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia.
Platostoma hispidum · South Indian Jellywort · Black Cincau · Jellyworts
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Platostoma rotundifolium by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
